I was wondering what College/Schools you went to, to learn this stuff. I'm tired of programming in C++ and i'ts jsut to hard and I think Networking would be more fun/easier

TIA

 

I graduated with a degree in CS+Econ from Bowdoin College. All my networking/sysadmin knowledge came from working on campus for the NOC. After that, it was just different jobs.

 

stick with coding...

netowrking and sysadmin is boring stuff.

 

Many of the coding jobs are going overseas...really disappointing in the last couple of years.

I have a degree in EE - I think it is much harder than CS, which used to be my major.

 

No way man . Writing code in front of a terminal all day is boring. Fixing a failed RAID array when you are losing money @ $1000/minute is exciting ****.

 

Werd.


I'm an MIS major at SJSU. I'm taking my intro to Networking right now, and I love it. If things go well this semester in the class I'll probably take the advanced class for my elective.

-Gagan

 

^^ I should have majored in MIS or CIS...I heard it's so much easier..

 

B.S.: Telecommunications, Multimedia, and Applied Computing at Cal State Monterey Bay

During my networking classes I concurrently knocked out a CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate).

Rather than look for a school, you might want to just take a look at this ceritification program.

CCNA is a good solid cert that can break you into the industry.

 

For networking, you don't need classes. You need a CCNA. Then you can branch out to a CISSP, CCDA, CCNP, CCIE, etc. The CCNA is a no joke certification. It's hard to get, but if you get it, you KNOW networking (at least layer 1-4 networking). Yes, it's a vendor specific cert, and yes, it teaches you how to bang on a Cisco product and learn the Cisco IOS, but it also teaches you the fundamentals of layer 1 to 4 networking, and that's REALLY where you get value. Get your CCNA. It's well worth it.

 

I'll have to disagree on the CCNA...it was super easy. Although the later certs are the hard ones.

 

^^ Thanks I might just do that. I see they offer CCNA classes at SRJC, anyone take it there?

 

i like networking with the opposite sex

 

^^ I do to, but I don't think I need to go to school for that =]

Well I see that it will take 1 year to complete the classes for CISCO Networking 1-4 at SRJC =X

 

Grab a good CCNA Book, maybe a book for Network+ and get studying.

4-5 months and I think you'll be on your way.

Having a programming background is a good solid foundation to start with.

It'll help when you get to the sections on subnet masks.

Subnets = teh suxor

 

I've read that CCNA Cert is meaning less unless you have some experience. Jobs i see like on craigslist you need like 3+ years experience. Anyone know any any internships?